Ports & terminals

The UK Major Ports Group has commented on the 30 August launch by the government of a £10 million fund for grants to allow further Brexit preparation at UK ports.

Transhipment in the North Sea Canal Area of the seaports of Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Beverwijk and Zaanstad rose in the first half of 2019 to 54.1 million t.

Peel Ports Group receives official accreditation with the internationally recognised quality mark of Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) at all of its principal ports by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customers.

The UK Major Ports Group comments on the government’s announcement of an extra £9 million for port area councils.

£5 million will be given to local councils, which either have or are near to a major air, land or sea port and £4 million to local resilience forums.

The Port of Everett Commission has named the Port’s current Deputy Executive Director Lisa Lefeber as the Port’s next CEO, which will become effective on 16 October 2019.

On 7 August, the Port of Ayr announced a new multi-year contract with Cefetra Ltd, further strengthening its position as the agricultural trade centre for the South West of Scotland.

The Port of Immingham has welcomed the first vessel in a new contract with customers Top Blue and The Fuel Trading Company, which will see an additional 30 000 tpy of cargo brought through the port.

The International Trade Secretary will announce a new Freeports Advisory Panel to advise the government on the establishment of up to 10 Freeports.

The Port of Vancouver has received over CAN$100 million from the federal government’s National Trade Corridors Fund to support trade-enabling infrastructure.

On 25 July, Navis announced that CSP Zeebrugge Terminal N.V. had successfully gone live with Navis N4.

Peel Ports Group has reached a milestone at the Port of Sheerness Wellmarsh development as operations commence at a timber treatment facility.

LASE has announced that OHM International Corporation resp. OHM Japan K.K. has become its first distributor in Japan.

The UK Major Ports Group has issued comments on no-deal Brexit preparations, free ports and developing the UK's global gateways.

Last year, the Supreme Court of Pakistan banned manual handling of coal at Karachi Port Trust. Now, while the people working at the port and those living around it have won relief, there are increasing complaints that those along the route of vehicles carrying the coal upcountry have become highly vulnerable.